EMDR and Children

More and more children are struggling with lingering effects of trauma and attachment wounds that can disrupt their development and emotional well-being. This course presents practical EMDR and attachment-based interventions to address these critical challenges, so you can better support the young clients in your care.

By joining this course, you will discover proven techniques that can help children and adolescents achieve stability and thrive, offering hope where it’s needed most.

Megan Salar, MSW, ACADC, CCTP-II, EMDR-C, is a leading expert on EMDR, trauma, and attachment-based care, having trained thousands of clinicians across the U.S. and internationally. With extensive EMDR and trauma-focused credentials, Megan has honed techniques that directly address the needs of children and adolescents facing complex trauma issues. Her hands-on experience in clinical settings ensures that the strategies you learn are both practical and effective.

Megan’s teaching style integrates her real-world expertise with interactive demonstrations of EMDR and attachment-based interventions, making complex concepts easy to grasp. You will gain applicable skills for managing emotional regulation, screening early trauma, and targeting attachment-related deficits in young clients. Whether you’re new to EMDR or have advanced training, this course will provide valuable insights that save time, enhance clinical outcomes, and grow your practice.

Key Takeaways:

• Enhance Emotional Regulation: Learn to implement EMDR-based and somatic techniques that help children and teens stabilize and manage intense emotions.
• Streamline Trauma Assessment: Incorporate effective screening tools that quickly identify attachment wounds and early traumatic experiences for more accurate treatment.
• Target Core Issues: Confidently address both trauma and attachment deficits to foster healthy development and resilience in young clients.

Why this course?

• Elevated Expertise: Offered by the Telehealth Certification Institute, a leader in equipping healthcare professionals with outstanding continuing education, ensuring you benefit from top-tier instruction.
• Renowned Trainer: Gain insights from Megan Salar’s extensive background as an EMDR Clinician, Trainer, and Author, with practical strategies informed by real-world success.
• Mission-Driven Approach: Experience a course rooted in excellence, kindness, growth, collaboration, fidelity, integrity, innovation, and wellness—values that set this program apart from the rest.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the basics of how attachment and trauma impact brain development.
• Express how to differentiate between trauma, attachment and other underlying mental health concerns.
• Apply specific EMDR based resourcing techniques to assist with emotional regulation.
• Demonstrate how to utilize attachment based interventions to create stabilization within children and adolescent populations.
• Explain how EMDR is able to target trauma and attachment based deficits.
• Apply different forms of dual awareness for children and adolescent clients.
• Identify different trauma screening tools that are effective in diagnosing early experiences of trauma.
• Explain how to utilize somatic-based techniques to regulate emotional disturbance.

By learning to integrate EMDR with attachment-focused strategies, you can streamline your work with young clients, helping them heal and thrive sooner. We look forward to supporting you in this holistic, hands-on training designed to empower your clinical practice and transform children’s lives for the better.